Recent Content by becka

Hi If you do like your tea and reducing it because you want to reduce dehydration then there is always redbush tea which is naturally caffeine free and on the packet says it is as good as drinking water. You still add what you would for a normal tea. Just an idea On the plaster said I use...

Hi I can't give you information about the medication side of thing but there is another forum for people who have had or who is plannning/thinking about bariatric surgery. You will have to scroll down the page has the sleeve is a bit down the page. The address is ukgastricband.co.uk I hope...

Hi ebony Thank you for your reply. I have been to the gp and she has provided with test strips. its amazing that the doctors both work in the same practice and yet one has said no and the other gave them to me. becka

Hi I am hoping that someone can help. My gp doesn't think that I need to test my blood sugar levels, as I am only on Glucophage(metformin solution) and this can not lead me to have hypos. I have never had a reading below 4 even on insulin in both my pregnancies. At the moment I am buying my...

Hi Catherine A lot has changed with the system on the nhs since I had my band fitted. At the time I met the NICE guidelines. Which included trying two diffrenet types of weight loss tablets. I tried reductil in my late teens and in my early twentys i tried orlistat. I had my first appointment...

Hi i am new on here and i have given a brief history in the greetings thread. I will say that if someone has posted something similar to what I have posted then I am sorry as I have only had a brief look at the thread. I have got a gastric band fitted (3 years now) and I lost 3 stones to start...

Hi I have had type 2 for 11 years and mainly been on metformin. I have had to pregnacies and i used insulin in both. At the moment i am taking Glucophage which is the oral solution of metformin.. I take the solution instead has I have had a gastric band and i now find it hard to take tablets...